Survival outcome of women with synchronous cancers of endometrium and ovary: a 10 year retrospective cohort study

INTRODUCTIONSynchronous primary tumors of the female reproductive organs are relatively rare and it is observed most frequently in endometrial and ovarian cancers. It has been reported that primary cancers of the endometrium and ovary coexist in approximately 10% of all women with ovarian cancer and in 5% of all women with endometrial cancer [1]. The underlying cause and pathogenesis remains unclear though some re-searchers have postulated that embryologically similar tissues may develop synchronous neoplasms when there is simulta-neous exposure to carcinogens or hormonal influences [2,3]. Most of the women present about a decade younger than the median ages of development of endometrial or ovarian can-cer alone. The aim of our study is to look at the clinicopathological